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12. ”Over time”: Ibid.

13. ”This [treaty] would”: Ibid.

14. ”these sizable”: Ibid.

15. ”peoples who have”: UNCLOS Part XI, Section 2, UN.org, /Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part11-2.htm.

16. ”Has more than”: Dambisa Moyo, Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009), Introduction.

17. ”In fact”: Ibid.

18. ”a kind of curse”: Ibid.

19. ”nations with mining”: Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator John Cornyn, ”The Law of the Sea treaty will sink America's economy,” Foxnews.com, May 23, 2012, /opinion/2012/05/23/law-sea-treaty-will-sink-america-economy/.

20. ”in other words”: Ibid.

21. ”if the enterprise”: Law of the Sea Treaty, Un.org, /, June 5, 2012, /news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-meese-law-of-the-sea-20120605,0,6473043.story.

30. ”based in ideology”: Matt Cover, ”Hillary Clinton: Opposition to Sea Treaty Based on 'Mythology,' ” cnsnews.com, May 23, 2012, cnsnews.com/news/article/hillary-clinton-opposition-sea-treaty-based-mythology.

31. ”of course”: Nicole Gaouette, ”Clinton Hits 'Black Helicopters' Crowd To Push Sea Treaty,” Bloomberg.com, May 24, 2012, /news/2012-05-24/clinton-hits-black-helicopters-crowd-to-push-sea-treaty.html.

32. ”proponents say”: Senator Jim Inhofe, Senator Roger Wicker, and Senator Jeff Sessions, ”Law of the Sea would usurp U.S. Navy's authority,” politico.com, May 22, 2012, /news/stories/0512/76627_Page2.html.

33. ”offering a new”: Wayne Ma and James Hookway, ”Vietnam Spars With China Over Oil Plans,” wsj.com, June 27, 2012, online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303649504577491823837421842.html.

34. ”China, a LOST”: Peter Brookes, ”A pathetic pact for safety on the seas,” nypost.com, May 22, 2012, /p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/pathetic_pact_for_safety_on_the_JRYvyyY47FPjx0pJOjzI0K.

35. ”although Beijing ratified”: Gordon G. Chang, ”Should the US Ratify the UN Sea Treaty Because of China?,” worldaffairsjournal.org, May 21, 2012, , May 22, 2012, /p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/pathetic_pact_for_safety_on_the_JRYvyyY47FPjx0pJOjzI0K.

37. it is a lot: Frank Gaffney, ”Common Sense on LOST,” townhall.com, June 5, 2012, townhall.com/columnists/frankgaffney/2012/06/05/common_sense_on_lost/page/full/.

38. ”by moving off”: Gordon G. Chang, ”Should the US Ratify the UN Sea Treaty Because of China?,” worldaffairsjournal.org, May 21, 2012, , June 5, 2012, /FrankGaffney/Law-Sea-Treaty-Senate/2012/06/05/id/441292.

40. ”In fact”: Ibid.